BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The fourth China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) closed in Beijing on Friday, with exhibitors forging links with 43,000 upstream and downstream enterprises, exceeding the number recorded during the previous edition, the organizer said.

A total of 676 Chinese and foreign companies and institutions participated in this year's expo. Together with their partners along industrial and supply chains, the actual number of exhibitors exceeded 1,200.

Li Xingqian, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), said at a closing press conference that the expo had expanded in scale, with the number of participating companies reaching a record high and the number of professional visitors increasing by 22 percent from the previous edition.

During the expo, 70 themed business exchange events and two exhibitor networking events were held, attracting 12,200 participants, including executives from Fortune Global 500 companies and heads of international organizations, Li said.

This year's expo put a stronger emphasis on digital and intelligent technologies, setting up an artificial intelligence section for the first time.

A total of 161 new products, technologies, services and application scenarios made their debut at the expo. The event also saw the release of the Global Supply Chain Promotion Report 2026 and the Global Supply Chain Resilience Index Matrix.

On Friday morning, 115 Chinese and foreign companies and institutions signed letters of intent to participate in the fifth CISCE, up 12.7 percent from the previous edition. Among them, 20 signed three- or five-year participation agreements.

Li said the expo has helped companies from around the world expand their supply chain partnerships, broaden industrial cooperation and bolster innovation-driven growth, underscoring China's commitment to fostering an open world economy.

As the world's first national-level exhibition focusing on supply chains, the CISCE is an internationally shared public product. First held in 2023, the expo has contributed to building more secure, stable, open and inclusive global industrial and supply chains, according to the CCPIT.